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Remembering Boston’s Own Michael Kelly, Killed Covering War In Iraq
Wall Street Journal columnist Bret Stephens remembered the great Michael Kelly in his op-ed piece yesterday: Michael Kelly had an uncharitable term for the column you are about to read: “The Nice Column.” Nice columns—about ancient enmities overcome and people … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlantic Monthly, Bret Stephens, Fox News, Frank Sinatra, Humphrey Bogart, Iraq, Michael Kelly, Tony Snow, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post
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WSJ Gets Suckered By Ahmad Chalabi
Headline of Monday Wall Street Journal op-ed authored by Ahmad (The Grifter) Chalabi: The Libyan Uprising: Lessons From Iraq The main lesson from Iraq, of course, was: Don’t believe a goddamn word of what Ahmad Chalibi has to say. Funny … Continue reading
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Tagged Ahmad (The Grifter) Chalabi, Iraq, Libya, Wall Street Journal
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WikiLeaks to NYT: Drop Dead
Interesting Editor’s Note in Monday’s New York Times about “The Decision to Publish Diplomatic Documents.” First it says: The articles published today and in coming days are based on thousands of United States embassy cables, the daily reports from the … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, diplomatic documents, Iraq, Julian Assange, New York Times, The Guardian, WikiLeaks
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Is This The Book You Thought C.J. Chivers Would Write?
When New York Times reporter C.J. Chivers went missing from the paper some months ago, the logical assumption was that he’d taken time off to write a book about the war in Iraq or Afghanistan, both of which he has … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, AK-47, C.J. Chivers, Iraq, New York Times, The Gun, Wall Street Journal
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